Lexical Definition

‎גִּבְעָה‎ gibʻâh (ghib-aw') Gibeath-(elohim) ^H:N-F
feminine from the same as ‎גֶּבַע‎

hill, little hill.

• a hillock

1) hill
1a) hill (lower than a mountain)
1b) as a place of illicit worship
1c) poetic for mountain
1d) used in place names

See Greek: βουνός · ὄρος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎גִּבְעָה‎ noun feminine hill — absolute ‎גִּבְעָה‎ 2Sam 2:25 + 13 t. + Ezek 6:13 (strike out Co q. v.) 1Sam 7:1; 2Sam 6:3; 2Sam 6:4 (compare Dr); construct ‎גִּבְעַת‎ Josh 5:3 + 8 t. + 1Sam 10:5 (compare Dr); suffix ‎גִּבְעָתִי‎ Ezek 34:26 (but strike out Co), ‎גִּבְעָתָהּ‎ Isa 31:4 plural absolute ‎גְּבָעוֺת‎ Deut 12:2 + 35 t.; construct ‎גִּבְעוֺת‎ Deut 33:15; Hab 3:6, ‎גִּבְעֹת‎ Gen 49:26 suffix ‎גִּבְעוֺתֶיךָ‎ Ezek 35:8 — hill, height, elevation, both high and low, compare Ps 148:9 ‎ההרים וכל גבעות‎, Ps 65:13* —

1. in ordinary prose, hill, lower than mountain Exod 17:9; Exod 17:10 (E) 2Sam 2:25 it may be proper name in 1Sam 7:1; 1Sam 10:10; 2Sam 6:3; 2Sam 6:4 see also below II. ‎גִּבְעָה‎.

2. especially as place of illicit worship ‎גְּבֹהָה ותחת כל עץ רענן‎ ‎׳‎‎עַל כָּלגֿ‎ 1Kgs 14:23; 2Kgs 17:10; Jer 2:20 compare Deut 12:2; 2Kgs 16:4; 2Chr 28:4 (these two + ‎במות‎); also Hos 4:13; Jer 13:27; Jer 17:2; Ezek 6:13 (see above).

3. very commonly || ‎הר‎ in poetry & prophets Deut 33:15; Ps 72:3; Ps 114:4; Ps 114:6; Ps 148:9; Song 2:8; Song 4:6; Isa 2:2; Isa 2:14; Isa 30:17; Isa 30:25; Isa 31:4; Isa 40:4; Isa 40:12; Isa 41:15; Isa 42:15; Isa 54:10; Isa 55:12; Isa 65:7; Jer 3:23; Jer 4:24; Jer 16:16; Jer 50:7; Ezek 6:3; Ezek 34:6; Ezek 35:8; Ezek 36:4; Ezek 36:6; Hos 4:13; Hos 10:8; Josh 4:18; Amos 9:13; Mic 4:1; Mic 6:1; Nah 1:5; Hab 3:6 rarely in prose Deut 12:2 sometimes as high and majestic (poetry) ‎עולם‎ ‎׳‎‎ג‎ Gen 49:26; Deut 33:15; Hab 3:6 ('everlasting hills'); compare also Job 15:7; Prov 8:25(with adjective high, compare above); see also Jer 49:16.

4. hills with special names, some nearly or quite = proper name, of a location, which see under the respective words: ‎מֹרֶה‎ ‎׳‎‎ג‎ Judg 7:1 teacher's hill, in valley of Jezreel; ‎הָעֲרָלוֺת‎ ‎׳‎‎ג‎ Josh 5:3 hill of the fore-skins; ‎הָאֱלֹהִים‎ ‎׳‎‎ג‎ 1Sam 10:5 (a designation of Gibeah); ‎הַחֲכִילָה‎ ‎׳‎‎ג‎ 1Sam 23:19; 1Sam 26:1; 1Sam 26:3 ‎אַמָּה‎ ‎׳‎‎ג‎ 2Sam 2:24 ‎הַלְּבוֺנָה‎ ‎׳‎‎ג‎ Song 4:6 (i.e. hill where frankincense is grown); ‎גָּרֵב֑‎ ‎׳‎‎ג‎ Jer 31:39 ‎יְרוּשָׁלַם‎ ‎׳‎‎ג‎ Isa 10:32 compare Isa 31:4 (where || ‎הַרצִֿיּוֺן‎), Ezek 34:26 (see above) & ‎הַגְּבָעוֺת‎ Zeph 1:10 hills on which Jerusalem stands.

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